I listened to Bill Bennett and tons of other talk show hosts who talked about that and other policies and started branching out and caring about other issues in regards to politics.

Bill Bennett really became an idol for me. I listened to him every morning from 6 to 9 for, oh, years.

I have good voice inflection, that's why I'm good on radio. But on TV, I look too big because I move my hands around a lot.

Before I got into politics, I wanted to be a missionary to people in the Middle East. I thought it would be better to speak with them in their own language.

I got into politics when I was eight years old.

My mother taught me everything I know; how to speak properly, posture, enunciation.

As I've been acting since I was young it's taught me to give a good speech, and, though I say so myself, I did it pretty well.